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It's apart. :D Brought it to the automotive shop in beautiful downtown Meadows of Dan and asked Wally for a little help. He put it in his press and after a few snaps releasing the pressure, it came apart. "Just stuck" he said. Looks like there may be some minor surface pitting on some splines...

Right you are David, just a little much to set up that's why I wrote shop hydraulics.

Thanks for all your advise! We tried the grease pumping method in Oklahoma and it didn't work. Removed the cross today and enlarged the freeze plug hole for a ram. No shop hydraulics available, so I'll try a BFH later. As far as penetrants, I have used CLP, GM heat valve lube, PB blaster off and...

It's a hobby. Time isn't the same as money, better than watching TV. I think I can find a "new" one from a parts truck anyway. Meanwhile I'd like to know what happened to this one.

Hmmm..with enough doctors on the case perhaps we can lick it. :-) I have seen the plug and it's very small, 3/8" or so, I'll have another look.

Did use the crane exactly like you suggested, but some unhealthy movements resulted near the crane mount, that's why I did the tree thing in image above. May try the dual chain method next. The avatar to the left here shows how much trouble we had removing the drive shaft before the trip. We...

The freezing part may be difficult unless I can find some dry ice... Yeah, two chains on each end is a good idea to make a straight pull. BTW, this frozen drive shaft is probably the reason I have a leak in one of the thru shaft seals where it was installed between the two rear axles. Must have...

Did that, cooked it for 12 hrs in hot (235°F) oil. Didn't help one bit. As you know it did work for the steering ball joints, but this is obviously not the same kind of problem.

I put the drive shaft on the work bench and started to prep it for the operation when I got cold feet, just couldn't make myself cut it open...such a nice piece of hardware.

Twisted spline makes the most sense, I'll cut it open tomorrow and let you know what it looks like.

The drive shaft between the two rear axles is frozen solid. The avatar on the left here shows our efforts to remove it before the truck was towed home to Virginia last Fall. I have tried heat, hammer blows, penetrants and today I hooked it up between a tree and the deuce to try to pull it apart...